Your manuscript, made into a book people want to buy.
Flinders Press edits, designs and publishes books for independent authors. We handle everything between your final draft and launch day.
- Free, no-obligation review
- Fixed quote before you commit
- Print and ebook, worldwide
I had been sitting on this manuscript for eleven years. My editor read it twice before she sent a single note, and it showed.
Your book, on sale at
- Amazon
- IngramSpark
- Apple Books
- Kobo
- Barnes & Noble
- Booktopia
Our bestsellers
A few of the books readers keep coming back for.
- (opens Amazon in a new tab)
I Love You to the Moon and Back
- (opens Amazon in a new tab)
The Calamity Club
- (opens Amazon in a new tab)
The Well-Watered Woman
- (opens Amazon in a new tab)
You'll Be Sorry
- (opens Amazon in a new tab)
You with the Sad Eyes
- (opens Amazon in a new tab)
The Art of Letting Go
Reader reviews
Readers on the books, in their own words.
BreatheReader review Breath as PrayerReader review
- books published
- 140+
- authors on our list
- 96
- countries where readers buy them
- 12
- average author rating
- 4.9
Everything a book needs
Take the full package or only the parts you need.
Chapter 3 · draft 2
The jetty
was very old andgroaned under the weight of the morning.She felt sad as sheMum walked to the end of itslowlyand did not look back.Out past the moorings the water turned from green to slate, and the gulls
were flyingwheeled low over the boats.Nobody said goodbye. Nobody needed to. The truck was already loaded and the dog was already in it.
EditorShow the grief through the walk. Cut "sad".
Editing
Structural edit, line edit and a final proofread. You see every change and approve it.
Cover design
Covers built for your genre and tested at thumbnail size, where most buyers first see them.
One
The Salt Road
The road out of town ran beside the water for eleven kilometres, and for most of my childhood I believed it ended there. Past the silos, past the last of the boat sheds, the bitumen simply gave up and became sand.
My father drove it every morning before light. I would hear the ute cough twice in the yard, then catch, then fade along the shore until there was only the sound of the tide again.
It was years before I understood that he was not driving anywhere. He was simply driving away, and coming back, and that the coming back was the part that cost him.
Mum never asked where he went. She left the porch light on, and in the morning she switched it off.
7
Interior formatting
Print layout and ebook files that read cleanly on paper, Kindle, Apple Books and Kobo.
ISBN 978-0-6459999-0-1
9 780645 999901
ISBNs and legal deposit
We register your ISBNs and lodge copies with the National Library of Australia and your state library.
Print and ebook distribution
Listed on Amazon worldwide and through IngramSpark to bookshops and libraries.
Books › Biographies & Memoirs
#1 New Release
The Well-Watered Woman
PaperbackAdd to cart
$29.99Kindle
$9.99Launch marketing
Store listing copy, keywords, review outreach and a launch plan you can follow week by week.
Your book belongs on a shelf, not in a drawer.
Every book here started as a file on someone's laptop. Send us yours, and an editor will read it and tell you honestly what it needs.
How we publish your book
Five stages, and nothing moves forward until you sign off.
- 01
Free manuscript review
Send us your draft. We read it and reply with honest notes and what it needs.
- 02
Plan and fixed quote
A clear scope, a timeline and one price. No surprise invoices later.
- 03
Edit
Your editor works through the manuscript with you, round by round.
- 04
Design
Cover concepts, then interior layout. You approve proofs before anything prints.
- 05
Publish and launch
We upload, check the live listings and run your launch plan with you.
From a single file to a finished shelf. You approve every stage before we move on.
Book fair highlights
From London to Frankfurt, we take our authors' books to the people who buy rights, stock shops and fill libraries.
London Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair
Sydney Writers' Festival
Rights meetings with UK and European publishers, and a stand for our authors to sign copies.
The largest rights fair in the world. We pitch translation and audio rights for our list.
Panels, readings and signings with Australian readers, and a chance to meet authors in person.
Same book. Different first impression.
Many authors arrive with a cover made from a template. Drag the handle to see what changes when a cover is designed for the genre and for a thumbnail on a phone screen.
- Title readable at 80 pixels wide
- Type and colour that match the genre
- Spine and back cover set up for print
What our authors say
All author testimonials →I had been sitting on this manuscript for eleven years. My editor read it twice before she sent a single note, and it showed. She moved my opening chapter to the middle, and suddenly the whole book made sense.
Port Lincoln, SA · author of The Salt Road Home
Thriller
The cover went through four rounds and nobody once made me feel difficult. We sold more copies in the first month than I had hoped to sell all year.
Daniel Okafor
author of NorthboundChildren's
Picture books are fiddly to print. They caught a bleed problem on page fourteen that would have cut off half of an illustration. I would never have spotted it.
Priya Raman
author of Small Brave ThingsSelf-help
I wanted a plain answer on cost before I committed, and I got one. The quote matched the final invoice to the dollar.
Tom Whitfield
author of Ninety Days to Clear Air
Questions authors ask us
Still not sure? Talk it through with an editor. No sales pitch.
info@flinderspress.com
02 8531 1366
Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm
How long does it take?
Your fixed quote includes a schedule for your book. Heavily illustrated books and longer manuscripts take more time.
How much does it cost?
It depends on length and the services you need. After the free review we send a fixed quote, so you know the full cost before you commit.
What do I need to send you?
A Word or Google Docs file of your manuscript and a short note about the book. If you have cover ideas or books you admire, send those too.
Can my book be sold outside Australia?
Yes. Print and ebook editions are listed on Amazon stores worldwide, and IngramSpark makes print copies available to bookshops and libraries in most countries.
Do you accept every manuscript?
No. We only take on books we believe we can help. If yours is not ready, the review will tell you what to work on first.
Get a free manuscript review
Tell us about your book. An editor will read it and reply within two business days.
- 1We read your enquiry and ask for the manuscript.
- 2An editor reviews it and writes back with honest notes.
- 3If we are a good fit, you get a fixed quote. No obligation.